Juventus Official Juventus website - http://www.juventus.com Tickets - Despite being Italy's best supported club, (with an estimated 10 million fans nationwide), Juve's home crowds are notoriously poor, so tickets are usually available from outlets throughout the city, including the stadium box office, for all but the biggest of games. Alternatively try online at http://www.listicket.it . And remember, due to new anti-hooligan laws in Italy, you'll need some form of ID matching the name on the ticket in order to gain entry to the stadium. Stadium - Currently sharing with Torino at the compact, 25,000 seater Stadio Olimpico whilst their unloved home, the Stadio Delle Alpi, is redeveloped with a REDUCED capacity. The Olimpico is a couple of miles south-west of the city centre, easily reached by taking Tram 4 from Porta Nuova station, or Tram 10 from Porta Susa. Ultra Culture - Now hated for their vast, nationwide armchair fanbase, Juve's traditional support was drawn largely from the Southern migrant workers who came to Turin to work in the Fiat factories in the fifties and sixties. Today, the dominant ultra group are the notorious Drughi Bianconeri, complete with Clockwork Orange imagery left over from a previous incarnation, (the English Clockwork Orange name was changed after Heysel).
TURIN
Overview - When Michael Caine's mob sang "This is the Self Preservation...Society!!" in the Italian Job after an England away day back in the sixties, they'd just taken Turin by storm. And with two of Europe's most famous football clubs, an impressive old town and lively riverside nightlife, plus all that iconic Italian Job scenery, Turin is just about the perfect place for a bit of European football travel today too. Maybe leave the minis at home this time though.... Airports & Transfers - Caselle Airport - 10 miles north of the city, linked by trains every half-hour (20 minutes, 3 Euros), or buses every thirty minutes (40 mins, 5 Euros). Taxis cost approx. 35 Euros. Nightlife - There are options in the the medieval heart of Turin - the Quadrilatero Romano - but most of the after-hours action takes place down by the river in Murazzi, where you'll find a shed-load of clubs and bars built into the old docks between Parco del Valentino and Piazza Vittorio. Shopping - Via Roma's porticoes are full of designer opportunities, whilst the mainstream high-street Via Garibaldi is the longest pedestrian thoroughfare in Europe. You'll find the Juventus store here amongst others.
Further reading -
"Time Out" Turin (Time Out Turin)
Calcio: A History of Italian Football
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